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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
the stroke left her completely incapacitated
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Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
In other instances, a minor or incapacitated beneficiary may have to have a court appoint a guardian to sign off for them.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
At this point, the doors unlocked to speed up access to passers-by or emergency services for an incapacitated driver.
—Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2024
The 74-year-old Baltimore native will purchase the remaining shares upon the death of Peter Angelos, the incapacitated family patriarch who bought the club for $173 million in 1993.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
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More commonly, in smaller-scale attacks, insurgents adopted the practice of detonating roadside bombs to create initial injury and panic and then firing small arms against any incapacitated vehicles and Afghan and NATO security forces.
—Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
In other instances, a minor or incapacitated beneficiary may have to have a court appoint a guardian to sign off for them.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
At this point, the doors unlocked to speed up access to passers-by or emergency services for an incapacitated driver.
—Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2024
The 74-year-old Baltimore native will purchase the remaining shares upon the death of Peter Angelos, the incapacitated family patriarch who bought the club for $173 million in 1993.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Incapacitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacitated. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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